Indeed. And action today affects your life tomorrow. What can you do today to help your recovery tomorrow?
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Let me for a few minutes ramble. Iāve thought a lot about the physiological work needed during sobriety, particularly during the early days and now Iām 60+ days in Iāve been strengthening things to face into the next phase long term sobriety.
I watch a lot of sports and lately a lot of rugby. 1 team in particular seems to be head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to how they manage their physiology. Itās ingrained, itās deep and over rides most other facets of their game plan. International rugby is the most intense cauldrons any player will face so they need that physiological strength and fitness as much as they need to be able to hit hard and tackle.
Weāre also facing out own at times, intense cauldrons of addiction. So it is not beyond the realm to say that we also need the protection of a strong foundation of physiological strength and conditioning. There in lies a conflict. Many will come from addiction with a wounded, broken and weak mental state which already puts us on the back foot. Weāll need to navigate some of our darkest days battling some of the toughest demons with one hand tied behind our back.
Working on our physiological strength and conditioning should be one of the pillars of recovery.
Work on that today. When you check in here this morning ask yourself. What will I do today that will help me mentally improve myself, what will strengthen me. What can I do to exercise my control and resilience.
Hereās to another 24 
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Now I see what your avatar is 
. I really hope your guys can pull it off. As for working on our psychological strength: sobriety is a many edged sword for that really. And what else is Recovery if not that. Iām in psychotherapy since I became sober, something I never could do successfully before I quit drinking and drugging. Everybody chooses their own way, but in all working on our mental wellbeing should play a vital role. .
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Thanks everyone 
I had a great day!
I donāt even remember what I did on my birthday last year. I used to make it a point not to drink on my birthday so I would actually enjoy it and be happy (pshā¦
) A few years ago I just stopped caring.
I used to eat at the place we went for dinner so often the waitresses would almost automatically bring me a cosmo. First time since I quit but we had a newbie. Iām food spoiled working in fine dining but this place crushes it!
My brother showed up to my parents right as we were about to leave. Heās got a job interview for an overnight watchman at a new rehab center. Even after 4 years sober, his paranoid schizophrenia keeps him from holding onto a job for very long. I hope this one works out for him. I think it might be a good fit.
Anyway, itās been time for bed. Still working on my sleep procrastination. Or maybe not so much 
Hope you all have a wonderful night 
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Day 204
Covid test NEGATIVE!!!
Permission to resume normal life 
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Wow, big day, I hope it goes well. I should imagine it wonāt be easy reading at points. Will be thinking of you.
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Day 372 AF
It was a day.
First thing 7am into a work/pay review that went south a little then i managed to reign myself in.
Still not good. A few subjects were raised including the state of my mental health at the moment.
Lack of license. So yeah be lucky to see a raise this year, which is shit considering how hard we work to make the company money.
Ended up apologising to both bosses and then having another conversation with one later in the day.
Im now second guessing myselfā¦ffs.
No positive reinforcement for the progress i have made, which is alot when i have been sober this long. Feeling drained af right now.
Will get everything sorted knuckle down some more and continue to be positive over it all.
On the plus our new foreman fits in our team and we are smashing out our days and getting our work done.
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Not drink. Never today, and most likely not tomorrow. ODAAT.
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Emotionally sober rather than being a dry drunk? I still have quite a bit to learn but this keeps piquing my interest; the real meaning of true emotional sobriety.
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For me personally it feels most like finally growing up. As I started smoking weed heavily when I was 13 years old and only quit drinking when I was 53. Stayed an adolescent for 40 years. Now I finally can work on myself and process the shit that happened. Itās why I prefer to call it Discovery rather than Recovery.
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I dont know why but today i feel horrible, i feel like im losing confidence in myselfā¦im paranoid, self doubting and tearful. . i have no idea why so i feel like all i can do today is try and distract and hope it will pass
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That makes sense and I started my drinking journey when I was about 12 to be honest, enabled by my family giving it to me if Iām really being honest. It was always our family bread, alcohol. I like discovery idea.
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Day 94. Work is good, i feel blessed to have this job and to perform better now my mind is clear. Have a good day folks .stay sober
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Youāre here. Youāre sober. This will pass Kelly. 
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Thank you xx
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Oh that sounds tough, we are all here if you need us. Distraction is a good idea. It will pass but I understand right now feels horrible. Take care xx
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No it really dontā¦ Can one really block out so much? I mean yeah I remember thinking dark tougths and that life would be better without meā¦ I dont remember trying take my life, but again I had lots of problems with self harm. And I remember some drugs I took/tried, but not that often.
So I wonder have I forgot/blocked it out, did I lie or I dont know. Did not see that coming.
Thank you, I do hope So tooā¦ And I hope everything is good with you
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Thank u Jenny
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Day 114 alcohol free.
Iām feeling a lot brighter this morning. I took a high dose of vitamin D yesterday so that may have helped but I also managed to eat a healthy breakfast of toasted oatmeal, yoghurt and jam which was easy to eat. The kids are at home today doing a little bit of schoolwork and we plan to go to jollibees for lunch which theyāre excited about.
I hope to keep this energy up.
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Day 50 Sober check in.
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